The 2024-25 Major League Baseball offseason carries on, and notable free-agent names are off the board, including the biggest name of all in Juan Soto. With the Winter Meetings well behind us and many big free agents and trade targets still available, we’re still being treated to an almost daily supply of rumors regarding all of that. Speaking of which, Thursday’s round of rumors can be found just below.
Arenado-to-Astros trade may be revisited
The St. Louis Cardinals and Houston Astros had in place the outlines of a trade that would’ve sent veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado and significant cash to Houston. However, Arenado invoked his full no-trade clause to block the deal, as is his contractual right. Perhaps, though, this doesn’t mean that an Arenado-to-Astros deal is an impossibility. Here’s The Athletic: